I noticed after 3 years of daily use, my computer's hard drive is getting louding when accessing files. It does not always make noise, but most of the time it does. Should I worry about losing that drive soon, or is that normal for aging hard drives?
2006-11-10 18:10:37 · 9 answers · asked by Jay S 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
That's tough to answer without hearing the noise and comparing to the disc activity light. To be safe, yes, be prepared for the worst. You might start backing up your My Documents to CD/DVD or an external hard drive.
2006-11-10 18:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by bogus_dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would backup as a normal procedure anyway, but be sure to do it now so you don't lose data. However, noise may also be caused by the hard drive seeking too much when reading single files. This is caused by severe fragmentation of your files. You should try defragmenting your hard drive. Use the Windows defrag, assuming you are on a Windows box. If that desn't do a good job of defraging the drive, then download Diskeeper and give it a try. It is a more agressive defrag and does a better job on really fragmented drives.
2006-11-10 18:26:06 · answer #2 · answered by Brian H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are sure it is your hard drive thats making noise, I'd suggest running the diagnostic utility thats available at the manufacturers website, they have then available for free and in fact expect you to run it and display the failure codes on any RMA (warranty) sheets you may want to use. In my experience a noisy drive is one thats on its way out, I'd back up all your data and get a new one as soon as possible
2006-11-10 18:17:39 · answer #3 · answered by karl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be on the safe side, I would strongly advise you to make back up disks of all your important documents (using Nero or Roxio) just in case the hard drive "dies" on you. Hard drives can pack up any time, I'm afraid.
I always do back ups at least once a month....better safe than sorry.
2006-11-10 18:17:25 · answer #4 · answered by Carella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find out if it is a cooling fan or the hard drive.
You probably should have your hard drive "ghosted" onto a new drive. These things dont last forever. Immediately make a CD backup of everything you want to keep.
2006-11-10 18:16:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 years . have you check up on ur pc fan. it maybe this. and that hard drive best to back up ur files. check ur pc fan make sure it is going verry fast and not blowing out hot air. if so time to have new fan. not a used fan . no good. buy new. have new hard drive. to tell you. if it was my pc. i will go out and buy a new one. adding new parts to a pc 3 years old or more. really dont fix things up. why ur motherboard is old .what if that went . that means ur new parts no good . you should stop and think it is time to buy new. and dont open ur new pc to put ur old hard drive in ur new pc . has a pc manufacturer warranty if you open new pc to add old hard drive to it. and something go wrong there goes ur pc manufacturer warranty .back up ur files to cd. then buy new. not old have a 3 year pc manufacturer warranty on it
2006-11-10 18:25:28 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a hard drive is making ANY noise....BACK UP NOW!!!
Also consider defragging the drive
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2016-11-29 00:45:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first have ur pc checked by any good hardware enginer... he should tell if its the harddrive or anything else thats making the noice.....
and as far as the noice is concerned, thats common with hard drives... you should get it checked first by any hardware engineer and then on his advice do what s suited to u as best... i.e., u can keep the harddisk by getting it repaired or u can buy another one and get all ur data from the first harddisk to the new one and use the first harddisk as a support for the new one..... thats all i can think of as of now.. if i get to know anything new.. i would let u know....bye and stay good......
2006-11-10 18:18:34 · answer #9 · answered by atluri.sandeep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋